SSC (English Medium) 9th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Do you know any stories about people who were lost in uninhabited places and were later rescued? Name them.

Think of one of your favourite interesting stories and fill in/ draw an outline-chart like the one shown below.

• Many times, the climax is near the end. A few stories end with a climax to achieve a greater effect.

Expand the following ideas in a paragraph or two:-

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Expand the following ideas in a paragraph or two:- Courage and resourcefulness are the keys to overcome problems.

Read about the novel ‘Robinson Crusoe’ by Daniel Defoe and ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift.

Read the following sentence carefully. Then fill in the blank using appropriate words, to make puns.

She had a photographic memory but never _________________ it.

Read the following sentence carefully. Then fill in the blank using appropriate words, to make puns.

He was struggling to figure out how lightning works when it ________________ him.

Read the following sentence carefully. Then fill in the blank using appropriate words, to make puns.

Every calendar’s days are ______________.

Read the following sentence carefully. Then fill in the blank using appropriate words, to make puns.

A bicycle cannot stand on its own because it is _______________.

Read the following sentence carefully. Then fill in the blank using appropriate words, to make puns.

I’m reading a book on anti-gravity. It’s impossible to _______________ the book.

Read the following sentence carefully. Then fill in the blank using appropriate words, to make puns.

I’d tell you a chemistry joke but I know I wouldn’t get a ___________________.

Read the following sentence carefully. Then fill in the blank using appropriate words, to make puns.

What do you call Watson when Sherlock isn’t around?

Read the following sentence carefully. Then fill in the blank using appropriate words, to make puns.

I would tell a history joke, but it’s too ______.

Read: ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll.

Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.

“Look, here’s something for you.”

Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.

“Why, the dress you go to the theatre in !”

Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.

“I would rather not go to the party.”

Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.

“Choose, my dear.”

Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.

“You have nothing else?”

Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.

“Would you lend me this, just this?”